The USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul is home. The decommissioned nuclear-powered fast attack submarine’s towering sail and rudder have been transported to the Minnesota Military & Veterans Museum in Little Falls from the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington.

 The disassembled pieces arrived at Camp Ripley, Minnesota on Monday, Aug. 29, and the artifact will be a distinctive feature at the new 32-acre Minnesota Military & Veterans Museum & Library, expected to open in Spring 2025. The “sail” of a submarine is the tower-like portion that protrudes from the hull at the center of the boat, and the rudder is at the rear of the vessel.

The Minnesota Navy League Council is thrilled to announce the first official public event for the USS Minneapolis Saint Paul (LCS 21) commissioning week with a special tapping of “Wayfinder Freedom North Star Pale Ale” on Wednesday, May 18th at 5pm at the Bent Paddle Brewing Co. 1832 W Michigan St, Duluth, MN 55806. 

The Navy League of the United States, Minnesota Council commissioned Bent Paddle to brew a special USS Minneapolis Saint Paul beer for the ship's commissioning week.  The beer graphics features the watercolor the Navy League commissioned from Duluth Native, John Salminen, Biography - John Salminen 

A fantastic game at the Minnesota Wild on April 28. The Wild won in overtime 3-2. Way to go Wild!!!! Representing the USS Minneapolis Saint Paul were the ships Matrons of Honor Carly Olson and Nicole Sundberg as well as RS1 Andrew Larson, representing NTAG Northern Plains. Mr. Bill James, representing the Minnesota Navy League was also in attendance.

The Graduate Minneapolis was the site of an extraordinary event on March 31, 2022.  The evening was introduced by the Color Guard from Naval Sea Cadet Corps Twin Cities Squadron. 

Following colors, five African American submariners spoke to an engaged audience relating their personal and profound journeys as they navigated Naval careers following desegregation of the military and the opening of all jobs in the Navy to African Americans.

The Minnesota Navy League Council is thrilled to announce that the Navy has officially approved May 21, 2022 as the commissioning date of USS Minneapolis Saint Paul (LCS 21) in the port of Duluth.  The commissioning will occur at 10:00 CDT at the Port of Duluth.  

“We have worked diligently over the past two years to support the commissioning of the ship and are excited to finally be able to see this work come to fruition,” said LCS Commissioning Chair Brian Skon.  “It will be an exciting day for the state and the city as this is the first time a Navy ship has been commissioned in the state.”  The Navy League is planning a series of events during the week for the ship, the crew and the public. 

PCS Minneapolis Saint Paul Crew moves aboard ship2022 is off to an exciting start for the crew of PCU Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21). Over the course of six weeks, three waves of crew members traveled to Escanaba, MI to begin laying the groundwork to move aboard the ship.

The Engineering Department made up the majority of the first wave which arrived in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula during the first week of January. The first few weeks for the engineers were filled with “walking the spaces and checking the alignments [of each system] to see if there were any discrepancies,” said Electronics Mate 1st Class Christopher Reisch. “The weather was a big transition, but workwise, it was refreshing because we are able to work on a ship again.”

This week marks a significant milestone for Minneapolis Saint Paul Sailors!!!  The entire crew officially has moved aboard the ship and is beginning to make final preparations for commissioning and sail around! This entails firing up all systems and becoming familiar with operating the ship as a crew. 

During February, the final wave of sailor arrived in Escanaba Michigan and MSP Sailors also braving the frigid temperatures and taking advantage of training on a variety of the ship's weapons, engineering, and communications systems from Lockheed Martin representatives!

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Spar has begun its transit to its new homeport in Duluth after a year-long maintenance period in Baltimore.

Spar, a 225’ buoy tender, and her crew will sail from Baltimore then through the St. Lawrence Seaway and across the Great Lakes to its homeport in Duluth.

Upon arriving in Duluth, Spar’s crew will assume CGC Alder’s area of responsibility and continue maintaining aids to navigation, domestic icebreaking, search and rescue and law enforcement.